 Israel today described as "interesting" a land-for-peace deal agreed by Arab nations at a major summit in Saudi Arabia, promising to examine it more closely.The plan, which would see members of the Arab League recognise Israel and guarantee its security in return for the country returning to its 1967 borders, was also "the possible basis for a dialogue", a government spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, said."We're not being more specific than that because we need to really sit down and study it," she added.According to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, his own citizens are "sincere in extending the hand of peace to the Israeli people, and I call on that people and its leaders to share that dream with us"....
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 Man gets 10 years for defacing Thai king poster Drunken spray-paint incident earns Swiss vandal decade-long prison term |
A Swiss man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for spray-painting graffiti over images of Thailand’s revered king, the first conviction of a foreigner in at least a decade under strict Thai laws protecting the monarchy.Oliver Rudolf Jufer, 57, who had pleaded guilty to five counts of lese majeste, or insulting the monarchy, had faced a maximum sentence of 75 years in prison.Judge Phitsanu Tanbukalee said Jufer was given a reduced sentence since he had admitted his wrongdoing. He has a month to appeal. Jufer was caught by surveillance cameras on Dec. 5 spray-painting black paint over five outdoor posters of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where he lived, police and prosecutors said. His lawyer said he was intoxicated during the act.Bhumibol, the world’s longest serving monarch, is greatly loved by Thais and regarded by some as semi-divine. He is protected from reproach by strict laws that forbid any criticism of the monarchy....
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| Saudi King: U.S. Military Presence in Iraq 'Illegitimate Occupation' |
King Abdullah denounced the American military presence in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation" and called on the West to end its financial embargo against the Palestinians. The Saudi monarch's speech Wednesday was a strongly worded lecture to Arab leaders that their divisions had helped fuel turmoil across the Middle East, and he urged them to show unity. But in opening the Arab summit, Abdullah also nodded to hardliners by criticizing the U.S. presence in Iraq. "In beloved Iraq, blood is flowing between brothers, in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war," said the king, whose country is a U.S. ally that quietly aided the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq....
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| Divorcee's Sex Change Won't Stop Alimony Florida Judge Rules Man Must Still Pay $1,250 A Month To Ex-Wife Who Had Sex Change |
A woman's sex change operation does not free her ex-husband from his alimony obligation, a judge said Wednesday. Attorneys for Lawrence Roach, 48, had argued his 55-year-old ex-wife's decision to switch genders and change her name from Julia to Julio Roberto Silverwolf voided their 2004 divorce agreement. "It's illegal for a man to marry a man and it should likewise be illegal for a man to pay alimony to a man," said John McGuire, one of Roach's attorneys. Circuit Judge Jack R. St. Arnold, however, ruled that in the eyes of the law, nothing changed significantly enough to free Roach from his $1,250-a-month obligation. The judge said since Florida courts have ruled sex-change surgery cannot legally change a person's birth gender, Roach technically is not paying alimony to a man. ...
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| Immigrant driver bill approved by House Proposal for special permit now goes to the Senate |
Illinois would become one of only a handful of states in the nation to authorize illegal immigrants to drive legally on their roads under legislation the Illinois House passed Wednesday to create a special driver's permit for undocumented residents. The 60-54 vote was an important victory for immigrant advocates, who have focused their energy this spring on several measures before the General Assembly. "Today we make history," said Rep. Edward Acevedo (D-Chicago), the sponsor. "The roads in Illinois will be a safer place, and immigrants can drive to church, to work, and take their children to school legally and without fear."The controversial proposal for a driver's certificate for immigrants, which proponents say would encourage many of the state's estimated 400,000 undocumented immigrants to get proper training and automobile insurance, still faces more tests before becoming law....
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703281104mar29,1,6115495.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true
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| Twisters sweep Plains, kill 3 |
An early spring storm swept across the Plains early Thursday, spinning off tornadoes that killed an Oklahoma couple in a home that was blown to pieces and a Colorado woman whose small town was nearly destroyed.A tornado as wide as two football fields carved a destructive path through Holly, Colorado, late Wednesday, destroying five homes, damaging dozens more and littering the streets with broken power lines, tree limbs and debris."Homes were there and now they're gone," county administrator Linda Fairbairn said. "Many, if not all, the structures in town suffered some degree of damage."A 28-year-old woman who suffered massive injuries during the twister died after she was airlifted to a hospital in Colorado Springs, Prowers County Coroner Joe Giadone said Thursday....
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